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So it\u2019s the end of the year. The last day of the year. I think it\u2019s interesting how people start saying happy new year on December 26th<\/sup>.  I don\u2019t get that. Of course when people say it to me, I just say it back, or I say, have a happy new year instead of simply happy new year, because the New Year is not here yet. There are a lot of people who died between December 26th<\/sup> and December 31st<\/sup>. These people didn\u2019t make it to the new year no matter how close they got. So for that reason I don\u2019t like saying happy new year before the new year. I first want to make it over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I\u2019ve been seeing a lot of people on social media, mainly Instagram, posting all their accomplishments from 2025. People are celebrating getting new jobs, having babies, getting married, traveling the world, getting awards\u2026oh yeah, and publishing books and going on a book tour, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I always harbor some happiness in my heart for when they make such accomplishments, there\u2019s also a part of me that thinks, where\u2019s mine?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I look back over 2025, I\u2019m grateful for what I sometimes like to call the usual suspects \u2013 my health and strength. I\u2019ll even break it down further to the fact that I can see, hear, walk, talk, stand, sit. That I have a roof over my head and food in my belly. That I have a car and a job even though it\u2019s part time and low paying. Basically, all the stuff that I can easily take for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crick that I had in my neck a couple weeks ago, however, reminded me how special it is to not feel any pain in my body. Just to be able to get up and move, hell go to the bathroom even and not have to worry about making a move that will cause me pain for the next few days. There\u2019s nothing like being sick to make you be grateful for the times when you are well. So I\u2019m grateful to that crick in my neck. And I\u2019m even grateful that it lasted so long. That was a huge reminder that feeling good, being well, doesn\u2019t have to be for me. I could be sick and I\u2019m not, Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I may not have any grand accomplishments that would make people ooo and ahhh on social media. And 2025, like so many others, was a sho nuff hard year for me. But I\u2019m not gonna let a rock cry out in my place. He\u2019s worthy of all my praise. I may not have everything I want, but I have everything I need, and I\u2019m grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, the end of my 2025 is looking a lot like the end of my 2024 and that means little to no progress. So I need to work on that. I can be grateful for what I have while still wanting more. As a matter of fact, it was God who said, \u201cbe fruitful and multiply.\u201d Yet I feel like I\u2019ve pretty much been stagnant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So my goal for 2026 is not only to make it to the end, but to make sure that it significantly builds on my accomplishments of 2025. My goal is to not remain stagnant. And now I\u2019ll have to create a plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s to 2026! And since that year will have probably already rolled in by the time you read this, I will go on ahead and do the thing that I find annoying and say Happy New Year even as I\u2019m writing this it\u2019s not quite 2026 yet!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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